A basically sweet and lovable boy, the withdrawal was such an agony for him that he became uncontrollably violent.
For example, a portrait of a lovable young boy from about 1918 is called "Paris Gamin"; yet the same image appeared on the cover of a magazine, The American Child, in 1924 to illustrate that publication's theme.
Onstage, dressed in what might be called cowboy carny (denim, buckle boots and a bowler hat), he is a bundle of loose-limbed energy, a lovable bad boy who alternates love songs about tall women with knockdown banjo tunes about towns known for nothing more than "hard luck, bad blood" — expletive — "and beer".
Just like everyone knew Lucy was a loveable schemer, everyone knew Dean was a lovable bad boy (guys playing drunk were considered funny in those days).
Gloria's husband, Clay Warren Kelleyy), insists that Danny is still the lovable boy he's always been — underneath.
Or you want to rest assured that your brother -- the lovable boy whose brain works differently and who struggles to function independently -- will not be mocked by the leader of our country because of the way he looks or acts.
"He's a lovable, sweet little boy".
Back in 1951, Osamu Tezuka, a Japanese cartoonist, dreamed up Astro Boy, a lovable robot with laser fingertips, searchlight eyes, machine guns in his black shorts, and rocket jets flaming from his red boots.
Marguerite, for instance, is a plus-size diva, with luscious lips and an immaculate hairdo; Carrot Top, the red-headed boy puppet, is a lovable urchin, a cross, in Ms. Marshall's words, "between the young Mickey Rooney and Dondi".
